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Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

In research, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre stands highest in Health Sciences (#277 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#280 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#183 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Surgery (Rheumatology is 16.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,067
of 22,385 · #817 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#69
of 862
Research works
4.5k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
205k
45.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.49×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

What is Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #277 of 9,902 20.2%440 #246
MedicineField #280 of 8,541 20.4%418 #266
SurgerySubfield #183 of 1,532 18.7%131 #127
Life SciencesDomain #865 of 6,403 20.1%91 #823

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#246 #277
  2. Medicine#266 #280
  3. Surgery#127 #183
  4. Life Sciences#823 #865
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre is in Health Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 498 fractional works · 70.8% of its workMedicine: 472 fractional works · 67.2% of its workSurgery: 144 fractional works · 20.5% of its workRheumatology: 53 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEpidemiology: 35 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 22 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 112 fractional works · 16.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 59 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 37 fractional works · 5.2% of its workImmunology: 32 fractional works · 4.6% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNuffieldOrthopaedic…703fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine47267.2%
    2. Health Professions223.1%
    3. Nursing20.2%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology598.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology375.2%
    3. Neuroscience142.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    1. Social Sciences182.5%
    2. Psychology111.6%
    3. Decision Sciences81.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance71.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.3%
    1. Engineering182.6%
    2. Computer Science81.2%
    3. Mathematics71.0%
    4. Materials Science40.6%
    5. Environmental Science40.6%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 16.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 52.6 works16×
  2. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 22.1 works12×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 143.7 works8.7×
  4. ImmunologySubfield · 32.5 works6.7×
  5. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 36.5 works5.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 58 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.17× its world share, 36 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.50× its world share, 472 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.17×36 works
  2. Medicine3.50×472 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.56×58 works
  4. Neuroscience1.27×14 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.20×8 works
  6. Health Professions1.19×22 works
  7. Veterinary1.08×1 works
  8. Mathematics0.82×7 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×2 works
  10. Psychology0.51×11 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.48×7 works
  12. Nursing0.44×2 works
  13. Dentistry0.27×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.20×18 works
  15. Engineering0.17×18 works
  16. Materials Science0.17×4 works
  17. Computer Science0.15×8 works
  18. Chemistry0.13×2 works
  19. Environmental Science0.12×4 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×2 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.09×2 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.04×1 works
  24. Energy0.02×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Martin A. McNally, C. A. F. Dodd and David W. Murray lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.

  1. 1 Martin A. McNally United Kingdom · #57,457 worldwide 10k citations · 251 works
  2. 2 C. A. F. Dodd United Kingdom · #58,972 worldwide 6.8k citations · 109 works
  3. 3 David W. Murray United Kingdom · #67,554 worldwide 37k citations · 728 works
  4. 4 Anthony Robert Berendt United Kingdom · #108,250 worldwide 16k citations · 128 works
  5. 5 Andrew James Price United Kingdom · #110,511 worldwide 19k citations · 385 works
  6. 6 Adrian H. Taylor United Kingdom · #113,047 worldwide 5k citations · 74 works
  7. 7 John Goodfellow United Kingdom · #128,832 worldwide 7.8k citations · 149 works
  8. 8 Bridget L. Atkins United Kingdom · #131,157 worldwide 6.5k citations · 102 works
  9. 9 Jeremy C. T. Fairbank United Kingdom · #159,607 worldwide 22k citations · 211 works
  10. 10 Abtin Alvand United Kingdom · #172,694 worldwide 5.1k citations · 141 works
All ranked researchers at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

What are the most cited papers from Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre?

The most cited paper from Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre is "RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials" (Jonathan A C Sterne et al., 2019), with 33,250 citations. Next come "ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions" (20,199) and "Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance" (11,477).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials Jonathan A C Sterne et al. · BMJ Open access 28 Aug 2019 33,250
2 ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions Jonathan A C Sterne et al. · BMJ Open access 12 Oct 2016 20,199
3 Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance Peter Craig, Paul A Dieppe, Sally MacIntyre et al. · BMJ Open access 29 Sep 2008 11,477
4 Better reporting of interventions: template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide Tammy Hoffmann, Paul Glasziou, Isabelle Boutron et al. · BMJ Open access 7 Mar 2014 10,971
5 Macrophage Activation and Polarization: Nomenclature and Experimental Guidelines Peter J. Murray et al. · Immunity Open access Jul 2014 6,444
All 56 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Inflammation, Rehabilitation, Arthroplasty and Surgical Management.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology94▲ 3.4×106 topics
  2. Inflammation54▲ 3.6×73 topics
  3. Complications44▲ 13×15 topics
  4. Revision Surgery41▲ 45×2 topics
  5. Total Hip Replacement41▲ 45×2 topics
  6. Rehabilitation33▲ 12×12 topics
  7. Arthroplasty30▲ 43×2 topics
  8. Surgical Management28▲ 9.7×15 topics
  9. Patient Satisfaction27▲ 12×9 topics
  10. Biomechanics27▲ 12×8 topics
  11. Health-related Quality of Life26▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Autoantibodies24▲ 14×8 topics
  13. Outcomes23▲ 41×1 topic
  14. Total Knee Replacement23▲ 49×1 topic
  15. Mortality23▲ 5.8×12 topics
  16. Diagnostic Imaging22▲ 28×4 topics
  17. Treatment22▲ 2.5×44 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Risk19▲ 8.7×9 topics
  19. Cytokines19▲ 9.3×6 topics
  20. Antibiotic Prophylaxis19▲ 32×3 topics
  21. Infection Prevention19▲ 30×3 topics
  22. Periprosthetic Joint Infection18▲ 66×1 topic
  23. Prosthetic Joint Infections18▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Biological Therapy18▲ 42×2 topics
  25. Surgery17▲ 7.1×10 topics
  26. Hip Arthroplasty17▲ 41×1 topic
  27. Wear Particles17▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Rheumatoid Arthritis17▲ 24×3 topics
  29. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs16▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Joint Inflammation16▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Regeneration16▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Elderly Patients15▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Ankylosing Spondylitis14▲ 67×1 topic
  34. Internal Fixation14▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Spondyloarthritis14▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Functional Recovery14▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Osteoarthritis13▲ 15×5 topics
  38. Bone Healing13▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Fracture Epidemiology13▲ 42×1 topic
  40. TGF-ß13▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopedic Infections and Treatments, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …23Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 23 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections an…18Orthopedic Infections and Treatments: 18 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…17Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 17 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…16Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 16 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 14 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 13 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures12Hip and Femur Fractures: 12 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…11Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 11 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and…10Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 10 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment…9Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 9 fractional works
SurgeryRheumatologyEpidemiologyImmunology

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 23 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 18 works
  3. 3 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 17 works
  4. 4 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 16 works
  5. 5 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 14 works
  6. 6 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 13 works
  7. 7 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 12 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 11 works
  9. 9 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 10 works
  10. 10 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 9 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.1%domestic only74.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre0.0029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre18.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.2% in 2010.

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